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Gregor Eisenhorn

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=See Also
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{{citeQuoteBox|quote = '''''All my life I have had a reputation for being cold, unfeeling. Some have called me heartless, ruthless, even cruel. I am not. I am not beyond emotional response or compassion. But I possess - and my masters count this as perhaps my paramount virtue - a singular force of will. Throughout my career it has served me well to draw on this facility and steel myself, unflinching, at all that this wretched galaxy can throw at me. To feel pain or fear or grief is to allow myself a luxury I cannot afford.'''''<br>''[[Gregor Eisenhorn]], 240.[[M41]]{{Fn|1b}}|}}<br clear=all>[[Image:youngEisenhorn.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Inquisitor Eisenhorn before the end of the Pontius affair]]'''Gregor Eisenhorn''' is an was a renowned [[Inquisitor]] of the [[Ordo Xenos]], active during the third and fourth centuries of [[M41]].
Initially a [[Puritan]] of the [[Amalathian]] faction{{Fn|1b}}, Eisenhorn's ideology would alter over the course of his career so dramatically towards [[Radical]] [[Xanthism]] that other members of the [[Inquisition]] would consider him possibly [[heretical]]. Indeed, Eisenhorn has officially been considered a rogue agent at least twice in his Inquisitorial career, only to be proved righteous both times.{{Fn|3x}}{{Fn|4x}}
==History==
===Early Career===Born in 198.[[Image:youngEisenhorn.jpgM41]]{{Fn|left1a}}{{Fn|thumb1b}}, on [[DeKere's World]]{{Fn|1h}}, Gregor Eisenhorn became a pupil of [[Inquisitor Eisenhorn before ]] [[Hapshant]] at a young age. He studied alongside fellow trainee [[Titus Endor]] and was elevated to the end rank of Inquisitor in 222.M41, aged 24{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|6}}. His first successful persecution was that of the Pontius affair[[heretic]] [[Lemete Syre]].{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|3b}}{{Fn|6}}
Born Carving out a stable and competent career, Eisenhorn eventually found himself being drawn into events that would change the course of his life in 198the year 240.M41.{{Fn|1a}} During this year, Eisenhorn successfully tracked down and killed the mass-murderer [[M41Murdin Eyclone]], on [[DeKere's WorldHubris]]{{Fn|1c}}, Gregor Eisenhorn became a pupil of an investigation that is notable not only for bringing [[InquisitorGodwyn Fischig]] {{Fn|1d}} and [[HapshantAlizebeth Bequin]] at a young age. He studied alongside fellow trainee {{Fn|1e}} into his retinue, but also for setting him on the route of both [[Titus EndorPontius Glaw]] and was elevated to the rank of Inquisitor in 222.M41, aged 24. His first successful persecution was that of the [[heretic]] [[Lemete SyreNecroteuch]].{{Fn|61f}}
Carving out a stable and competent career===The Necroteuch Affair===Following leads from the Eyclone investigation, Eisenhorn eventually found himself being drawn into events that would change became tangled up with a heretical cabal on the course world of his life in the year 240.M41. During this year, Eisenhorn successfully tracked down and killed the mass-murderer [[Murdin Eyclone]] on [[HubrisGudrun]]{{Fn|1g}}, an investigation that is notable not only for bringing [[Godwyn Fischig]] and [[Alizebeth Bequin]] into his retinuein fact was briefly captured and tortured by one of their members, but also for setting him on the route of both [[Pontius GlawGorgone Locke]] and the {{Fn|1h}}. The cabal was eventually driven off Gudrun by a full Inquisitorial purge led by Inquisitor [[NecroteuchCommodus Voke]].{{Fn|11i}}{{Fn|1j}}
Following leads Eisenhorn was able to recover a device known as "the Pontius" from the Eyeclone investigationcabal, Eisenhorn became tangled up with a heretical cabal on and it later transpired that this device held the world encoded brain-engrams of the long-dead infamous [[Gudrunheretic]], and in fact was briefly captured and tortured by [[Pontius Glaw]]; one of their membersthe cabal's schemes had involved arranging his resurrection.{{Fn|1k}} Eisenhorn held Pontius Glaw captive and interrogated him regularly, before finally choosing to have the Pontius device incarcerated by [[Magos]] [[Gorgone LockeBure]]. The cabal was eventually broken by a full Inquisitorial purge led by Inquisitor of the [[Commodus VokeAdeptus Mechanicus]]. This decision would have a profound effect on Eisenhorn's future.{{Fn|13x}}
Eisenhorn was able to recover a device known as "Following up further leads from the Pontius" from purge of the cabal, and it later transpired that this device held led Eisenhorn into one of his most famous investigations; the encoded brainaffair of the Necroteuch -engrams a tome of chaotic knowledge. Eisenhorn tracked the long-dead infamous [[heretic]] [[Pontius Glaw]]; one survivors of the cabal's schemes had involved arranging his resurrection. Eisenhorn held Pontius Glaw captive and interrogated him regularly, before finally choosing to have a colony world inhabited by the Pontius device incarcerated by [[Magos]] [[Burexenos]] of the [[Adeptus MechanicusSaruthi]]. This decision would have a profound effect on Eisenhorn's future.{{Fn|1}}
Following up further leads from the purge of the cabal led Eisenhorn into one of his most famous investigations; the affair of the Necroteuch - a tome of chaotic knowledge. Eisenhorn tracked the survivors of the cabal to a colony world inhabited by the [[xenos]] [[Saruthi]].
The Saruthi had come into the possession of a copy of the Necroteuch, and had translated it into their own language, creating two versions of this powerful chaotic tome and a translating tool. The human Necroteuch tome was quickly found and destroyed by Eisenhorn himself. Some radical Inquisitors deemed this a heretical act, and damned Eisenhorn for it. However, the majority of the local Inquisitorial conclave supported Eisenhorn's decision to burn the tome, outvoting the radicals.{{Fn|1}}
Eisenhorn was therefore spared from censure and was in fact instrumental in planning a raid on the Saruthi homeworld during which the remaining items were destroyed. It was during this attack that Eisenhorn also first met [[Cherubael]], a powerful [[daemonhost]] who would plague Eisenhorn and the [[Imperium]] in later endeavours.{{Fn|1}}
===Sameter===
The following year, 241.M41, Eisenhorn investigated apparent ritual murders on the world of [[Sameter]], at first believing the killings to be the work of some chaotic cult. Soon, however, it was revealed that the culprits were ex-soldiers of the [[Imperial Guard]]. These former soldiers of the [[Sameter 9th Infantry]] had been driven mad by the horrors they had faced in war, and were ritually killing regular citizens. Backed up by the local [[Adeptus Arbites]], Eisenhorn managed to corner and eliminate the fanatics in an abandoned and decaying building. During the resultant firefight Eisenhorn lost his left hand to an experienced former-sharpshooter. He was offered a prosthetic but declined, making do with a fused stump until he could have a vat-grown hand grafted on two years later.{{Fn|2}}
=== Quixos ===
In 312.M41, Eisenhorn's best friend, [[Midas Betancore]] was killed by the heretic [[Fayde Thuring]] during an investigation. Thuring escaped, and Eisenhorn promised to keep a watchful eye on Midas' infant daughter, [[Medea Betancore|Medea]]. Years later, when she came of age, she would follow the path of her father and join the retinue of Inquisitor Eisenhorn as his pilot.{{Fn|3}}
[[Image:oldEisenhorn.jpg|right|thumb|Inquisitor Eisenhorn after the Pontius affair]]
26 years later, in 338.M41, Eisenhorn began the investigation that he would become most known for; the elimination of the heretic Inquisitor [[Quixos]]. The investigation took place in the aftermath of the disaster of the [[Thracian Primaris]] Triumph (where Eisenhorn's Interrogator, [[Gideon Ravenor]], was horrifically injured), an atrocity that appeared to have been engineered to free several [[The Assignment|alpha-plus class]] rogue [[psykers]].{{Fn|3}}
Eisenhorn's investigation took him to the world of Eechan, where, posing as [[mutants]], he and his team discovered that there was Inquisitorial collusion in the scheme that freed the psykers. Inquisitor [[Lyko]] was discovered in the company of the daemonhost, Cherubael. Taken aback by the reappearance of Cherubael, Eisenhorn focused his investigations upon the creature. This led him to [[Cadia]], where he discovered another daemonhost, [[Prophaniti]], and ties between these daemonhosts and the missing radical Inquisitor Quixos. However, Eisenhorn's investigation was sidelined for some time by his arrest by Inquisitor [[Osma]] for consorting with [[daemons]]. Escaping, he was declared outcast and forced to operate as a rogue for the remainder of the investigation. Eisenhorn sojurned with his associate Magos Bure on the world of [[Cinchare]] for some time, where he conferred with his prisoner, Pontius Glaw. During this period he defeated a Chaos cult that existed on the world and gained master-crafted [[Force Weapons]].{{Fn|3}}
 
[[Image:oldEisenhorn.jpg|left|thumb|Inquisitor Eisenhorn after the Pontius affair]]
Eisenhorn next assembled a small strike group of three other Inquisitors, and acting in concert with them tracked down and confronted Quixos. Eisenhorn himself was the one who killed Quixos, recovered his heretical book, the Malus Codicium, and banished both Prophaniti and Cherubael. He was cleared of all charges against him at the conclusion of the investigation.{{Fn|3}}
In 345.M41, Eisenhorn succeeded in secretly summoning the daemon Cherubael and trapping him for interrogation and study.{{Cite This}} In 355.M41 he dealt with a minor warp incursion on Gudrun.{{Cite This}}
===Heretic===
It was in the year 386.M41 that Eisenhorn was able to avenge the death of Midas Betancore, but it came at considerable cost. Killing the heretic Fayde Thuring cost him the lives of several associates, placed Bequin into a coma, resulted in the destruction of his gun-cutter and forced him to use Cherubael as an ally.{{Fn|4}}
==Appearance and Abilities==
[[Image:Gregor_Eisenhorn.jpg|leftright|thumb|Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn]]
A [[psyker]], Eisenhorn possesses considerable natural willpower and resolve, which combined with his pool of psychic power, makes him a potent telepath. He normally channels his psychic talent through his voice, compelling people to follow his instructions. He can focus this talent upon distinct individuals in a crowd, or upon many people at once.{{Cite This}}
==Retinue==
[[Image:EisenhornMini.jpg|thumb|right|220px|2018 Eisenhorn miniature]]
Inquisitor Eisenhorn created a considerable organisation during the first part of his career, starting out with a bare handful of hired hands and eventually employing dozens of retainers, including the [[Distaff]], a group of psychic [[Blanks]]. This world-spanning organisation was destroyed by the machinations of Pontius Glaw, who also ensured the deaths of most of Eisenhorn's retinue. With Eisenhorn missing at the end of the Pontius case, his surviving followers became part of the retinue of Inquisitor Ravenor. Eisenhorn largely avoided acquiring servants other than Cherubael for some time, but eventually began assembling a small retinue around himself once more. His notable employees and associates are listed below:
*[[Kara Swole]] (Warrior)
*[[Lores Vibben]] (Bodyguard)
 
 
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Xenos (Novel)]] by - [[Dan AbnettEisenhorn (Omnibus)]]**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter One, pg. 7**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter One, pgs. 19-22**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter Two, pg. 28**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter Three, pg. 40**{{Endn|1e}}: Chapter Four, pgs. 51-52**{{Endn|1f}}: Chapter Five, pgs. 57-58**{{Endn|1g}}: Chapter Ten, pgs. 99-108**{{Endn|1h}}: Chapter Eleven, pgs. 110-113**{{Endn|1i}}: Chapter Eleven, pgs. 121-123**{{Endn|1j}}: Chapter Twelve, pgs. 124-126**{{Cite ThisEndn|1k}}: Chapter Sixteen, pgs. 163-166*{{Endn|2}}: [[Missing in Action (Short Story)]] by '''Dan Abnett'''*{{Endn|3}}: [[Malleus (Novel)]] by '''Dan Abnett'''**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter One, pg. 274**{{Endn|3x}}: {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|4}}: [[Hereticus (Novel)]] by '''Dan Abnett'''**{{Endn|4x}}: {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|5}}: ''[[Thorn Wishes Talon (Short Story)]]'' by *{{Endn|6}}: [[Dan AbnettThe Strange Demise of Titus Endor (Short Story)]]
===Uncited===
[[Category:Eisenhorn (Novel Series)]]
[[de:Gregor Eisenhorn]]
 
==See Also==
*[[Eisenhorn (Novel Series)]]
*[[Eisenhorn Television Series]]

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